Hockey players “Metallurgy” I knew how it would play “Locomotive” in the final of the Gagarin Cup, the defender of the Magnitogorsk team told Makar Khabarov .
Metallurg won the Gagarin Cup. In the final series, Razin’s team turned out to be stronger than Lokomotiv (4-0). Khabarov played 23 matches in the playoffs and scored 3 points (1+2) with a utility indicator of “-2”.
— “Metallurg” and “Lokomotiv” are teams of different styles. Yaroslavl is a stronger, simpler team that benefits from its size. You skate and play with the puck. Was your style more effective in the final?
— Yes, we like to play with the puck and make smart decisions. We knew how Lokomotiv were going to play and we were ready. But we analyzed each opponent. There was nothing new for us.
— Can you say that the seven-match battle against Avtomobilist helped you win the final? There were a lot of emotions there, you lost one of the matches with a score of 3:0, but you gained confidence and transferred it to the confrontation with Lokomotiv.
– Maybe. But in the series with “Avtomobilist” we were confident in ourselves, we were not injured. We reached the final with the same attitude,” Khabarov told .
Metallurg became three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup; the Magnitogorsk club had already won it in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of trophies, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).
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